The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-06-18
THE GARDENER.
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If,JIt> gOT the bUIdcH.
The important question with The fruit
gardener is the destruction of insects. All
schemes for their wholesale destruction
seem TO prove failures, hence our best
hopes are III their individual destruction.
The different kinds of moths and flies may
be entTapped by the thousand in the per
severing employment of wide mOuthed bot
ties Of sweet liquids hung about the trees.
The curculIO, whose most TEMPTING
alurements do not lie like moths in the
way OF sweet food, bal III finding a nice
iulcv nest, OF resting place, for the deposit
of eggs Wherewith to perpetuatC it's species,
can he slain by the hundreds through per-
severance III the shaking process. snag.
made by saving Off a small branch few
inches from the main trunk of the tree.
should be secured on each, on the point of
which 10 hammer. or otherwise the bark
of the tree would be irreparably injured
With sheet spread under the tree, and
sharp, quick jar with "A hammer, all the
pests then Oh the tree may be secured and
destroyed.
The curculios are rather lazily inclined,
but still a few will come from your neigh
bors trees, though few iarrin rs occasion
ally will keep them down. Experience has
shown that this course, which only demands
a little labor, is much more etfectual than
vised for hanging various charms alb out
the branches.
Watch newIy-plauted fruit trees II
they have but few weak leaves, it shows
that the roots have been injured. Then
prune them severely, which will make
them gov freely. 1t should be a ,uan
object to make all transplanted trees not
merely 80 have leaves, but to have new
shoots at the earliest possible moment. If
they are growing well, they may be allowed
to perfect few specimens Of fruit. Over
bearing on newiy-planted tree is one OF
the bet ways of making it stunted for
years.
Handsome forms are as desirable in fruit
rs III ornamental trees. No winter prun-
ing Will do this exclusively. 1t is summer
pinChing which clothes the skeleton with
beauty. 4 strong shoot soon draws All
nutriment to itself. Never allow one
shoot 10 grow that wants to he larger than
the others. Equality must be insisted on
Pinch out always rs soon as they appear
such az would push too strongly ahead and
keep doing 80 until the new buds seem
stronger than the others
Where water can be commanded. nothing
is more profitable than to soak the soil
around small fruits, especially about the
time they have set their fruit. Much of
the vaiu" of this operation Will depend on
the nature OF the soil. The advantages
are least III O. tenacious and greatest IN a
porous soil. Animals derive most benefit
from food when they are hungry before
they commence TO eat, and IT is certainly so
with plants. Water applied to soil already
wet Is an injury. plant that never
seems to want water Is in a doubtful con-
dIiion IN regard to its health.
In the cultivation of garden crops, the
hoe amt rake should be continually at
work. Weeds should be taken IN hand
hr!oIe Hey are barely out Of the seed leaf,
and oue-half the usual labor of vegetat le
gardening would be avoided. HOeing OF
eurihiug up OF most garden crops Is Of i'm
ulcnsa advantage in nearly every case. 4
fair trial, say on every other Tow Of bed
OF cti hagCs even. viii show a great differ
. eHce IN favor Of the earHed-up plants as
compared with those sub, cted TO fiat Gull
tuTr.
In sowing seeds it is Well TO remember
/ that thuugh the soil should be deep and
finely pulSeri2ed vet loose condition is
/ uut8vorahir to good growth. After the
seeds are soWn, q heavy rolling would be
gTsat advantage This practice. though
| often pursued in farm cTops, is seldom *
! tended to garden work. The GaIdes.e,'e
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